Ultimate Reset pics and what I am doing now.

Well don't I look super miserable LMBO! WOW what a horrible picture LMBO Oh well it is what it is. There are my final result pictures! I am so happy with my results even though I was not the biggest fan of the reset. I think that the second time around may be better than the first but hell what do I know. 

I am now on week 2 of Body Beast and I am loving that the workouts are less than an hour long and I am sore when I am done doing them. YES it is a MAN program but I love the dynamic of the program and don't lift as heavy as they do LOL. I lift what I am comfortable with and I move on. 

Since I am on this balance kick I have started to workout at 4:45 in the morning and today was the first day of doing that so hopefully it is something that sticks again. Getting my workouts done in the morning helps me to be able to have lunch with my husband every day and I don't take the little time that I have with my son in the afternoons either. I get to go outside with my little guy get dinner on the table at a reasonable time and everyone is sleeping when I am working out so it is a win-win-win for all involved. I don't however do this on the weekends but I spend the entire day with the family so it's pretty obvious. 

I have not changed my diet and I am ding 2-3 days of cardio with the program as well because I just like running and I have been cooped up in the house all fall and winter I am totally ready to get out there clear my head and soak up the sun! I have a few recipes that I have made this weekend and adjusted them to my tasting and I will post them later if you want to be able to try out a great clean healthy meal! 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your week!

Jeannette

So let's be real!

Ultimate Reset Week 3......ok this cleanse detox thing is LONG! I thought three weeks would be cake but I am DYING to get back into running again and DYING to eat some chicken wings. Some habits still stick I assume, but whatever I am ready to have MY life back! Seriously some people embrace this reset with so much calm and I just have to say......I'm Puerto Rican I don't understand calm, and relaxed. I am irrational and hate giving up my control. What can I say it's the truth!

Don't get me wrong though I truly love that I can sleep through the night without waking up, my belly is flatter, and I AM seriously craving more healthy foods (Other than chicken wings) than I ever have before. I guess I am so frustrated because I have not liked the food choices and I have eaten either the garlic stir fry or the Asian stir fry for 8 days now and I am looking at a future of at least eating it 4-5 more times by the time this thing is over. I mean can we say TORTURE! eh I am not going to do that to myself, really fruit for breakfast for 6 days the same salad I have had for about 18 days for 6 more days and the same stir fried veggies for 6 more days.......um I think not! I REALLY want to quit and embrace my life but I just can't do that because I have a chicky that I work with doing her own cleanse and I don't want to let her down so I need to adjust so we'll see what I do for the next 6 days.

Truthfully, I was fine before I started this darn thing LOL. I hate REALLY good I just couldn't get rid of the belly and I wanted to switch over to the vegetarian lifestyle so I made this 21 day commitment and I guess now that it is all over (almost) I just want it done. I guess I felt the same way when I went to bootcamp 6 years ago.......LOL ohhhh seeing the light at the end of the tunnel is such a mind game! I want to work out again, I want to eat what I want again and I want my life back not the life that Beachbody has set out for me ha ha. I guess you don't truly understand how big food is until you either go on a "diet" or you change your lifestyle.....it's really really life changing.

I am not saying this to be negative toward the Reset at all. I think that it is a great program but I don't do these kinds of things. This whole cleanse detox thing is new to me and I feel like I have given up a lot. So my negative thinking has gotten me to where I am but I am willing to change that :) I have to think positive and know that after 6 days I can embrace a vegetarian lifestyle or pollotarian lifestyle when I am done with this in a way that works for me. Almost done!!!! I am sure that I am not the only one who is ready to be completely done with this either, I just decided that I would tell you guys the truth with how I feel. Instead of being so informational all the time this is me and my life and how I think! :P

STATS: I am down to 116 (7.8 lbs total) and have not measured or taken pictures because I had duty and then I had Bible study and trying to do it on a weekday is not so good for me so I will update on Saturday morning with pictures and measurements.

Have a good day!!!!

Day 14! Ultimate Reset

I can tell you that the Ultimate Reset is a challenge. For me it was more mental and emotional than anything. The food was a bit of a challenge but my palette like vegetables and it was a pretty easy transition considering that I wanted to use this to transition to be a vegetarian. Oh how things change huh? I really miss chicken ha ha. I do stand firm on my decision to keep beef and pork out of my diet because of the movie Vegucated. It really hit a nerve with me.

So I am glad that detox week is over because it has been the biggest hurdle for me, I did not fancy the menu for the week and stuck pretty much to quinoa and vegetables but overall mentally it was challenging because I gave up control over my entire being for this program and it was harder than I thought. I am doing everything the way that they want me to do it and while it has been eye opening it has taken a toll on me and stressed me out as well.

SO what did I realize?

* I need to keep going with my dreams....the ones that I made for myself when I started when I got in the USCG.
* I eat very well and better than I thought that I did which is why I started.
* Being a vegetarian is something that I don't want right now I need more assimilation time because it is really different for me and I was not ready for what that encompassed but like I said beef and pork are out.
* I am stronger than I thought that I was and even though I cheated a few times to feel more like myself I was actually able to stick to something and see it through.
         I was feeling a bit bad because I had not completed a workout program in awhile but I realized that      doesn't matter and when I commit to something I truly do commit to it even though I may stumble.
* I know what workout program I want to do and I am going to get it done! BBL and Body Beast here I come! I love that Body Beast workouts are 40 minutes and BBL too!!! FINALLY I figured it out! LOL

That is pretty much all I have learned through this week but I feel that it is alot. There is more to come about all of this but I figured I would keep this to the Reset for the week :) I am so excited that I have a week left lol

Tomorrow I will be taking a probiotic 3 times a day and I think that I will continue to purchase those since they are a reasonable price on Beachbody 27 bucks for 30 days. I have also started taking Omega-3's for healthy fats, I don't feel anything different but I like to supplement with them :) Anyway that is all for today! I hope that you are all having a great day!!!! If you have any questions please feel free to ask :)

Ultimate Reset 11 - 13

Ultimate Reset......

I feel kind of bad because I don't have any real updates, this has been a part of my life for the past 13 days and I can say that I am accustomed to it already lol. I did change the eating plan and refused to eat another salad so I made quinoa pilaf for Friday night dinner and for lunch Saturday and Sunday and I ate it for dinner as well so it was pretty blah. I can tell you that I am over giving my control to this program and I am ready to eat what I want to eat. I have been craving healthy foods except popcorn and Sour Patch Kids but I think that it is because I can't have it, not because I really want it.

I have been reading other blogs and I really want to eat all the healthy foods that they post again because I can't have them on a normal day I would maybe do one recipe/week or month if it looks that good. I have also increased my meals. I was TOO hungry and just added more vegetables to whatever I was eating because all weekend I ate 2 apples for a snack when I was only supposed to have 1......OOPSIE! Not really I don't feel guilty about it at all. I was hungry and I fed my body, I want this to be a pleasurable experience and being hungry was not an option. This wasn't something that was me being dehydrated trust me I drink my gallon a day. I was truly hungry to the point where I had hunger pains. I kept everything within the plan I just ate more so I don't feel bad about it at all. :) One set way is not right for everybody because every person is different. This was MY reset experience and call it what you will but I have no regrets for fueling my body at all.

  ******CONFESSION: I WORKED OUT 25 minutes and it was not yoga******* 

I felt great and don't regret that either because I was on a HUGE verge of blowing up for no reason. It was not like my PT test of a workout it was more of a functional workout called Buti a mix of yoga and plyo. Man was it nice to sweat. I did my 25 and I was GOOD to go my mind was right and I was in the best mood of my life that day! 

That's really all I have just a rant and a tattle on myself LOL TOMORROW I finish week 2!!!! WOOT WOOT! I will post my stats on Thursday because I have duty and will not have access to my scale but I will do my measurements on Wed morning :)

I think I have decided that I am going to actually do either Body Beast or Insanity I just haven't made up my mind yet :) I have 1 more week to decide. What do you think?

Ultimate Reset Day 4

WOWZA! What a day!!!!! I woke up feeling great once again! I slept from 10:00-6:45 I didn't want to get out of bed because I wasn't ready buy my kiddo sure thought it was time for everyone in the house to be alert and alive! 

For the past two days I have been feeling really happy! Smiling for no reason, being really affectionate with my husband but in the same I am llike Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde because I can't really be bothered with. Everything has to come from me or I get really irritates really fast which is soooo crazy . I mean I get mad!!!! I just breathe it out and let it go. So mood wise 9/10 I am in a delicious mood, I just can't be asked too many questions or my kiddo can't be repeating himself all the time like he does. I just go to the bathroom and pretend I have to go potty and relax :) 

My body is ACHING!!!! My lower back is a MOTHER! Oh it hurts so bad, and my legs have felt like they need to be stretched so I threw in one of my yoga DVD's 
and after that hour it seemed like the tension exploded out of me. I was feeling energetic today so I painted my kids room and I caused my lower back to go in even more pain (Jeannette you are a moron). I was thinking to myself you are trying to get all the toxic stuff out and you are smelling it dummy! In my defense......not that I have much of one I have been trying to paint his room for months now and today was just the day. I am sure that I will get the toxins out eventually and I will NOT be painting again. I have to finish the project but I will either get my hubs to do it or I will do it after the reset :) I will really be doing yoga again. 

I am super bloated and there is nothing that I can do to get rid of it, it might just be the fact that I am detoxing. I'm not too worried about it because the results that people have are my motivation that this is going to work out just fine and I hear that the first week is always the pits so I am going to wait until this week. I have NOT weight myself, I have walked by my scale a few times today and darn it I wanted to get on it but I don't want to ruin it either.

Here are some pictures of my meals that I remember to take today it's just my Greek Salad that I had and my Alkanize supplement that I have to take. 

The food is really good and filling and I am enjoying it A LOT! I am really enjoying the journey even with all the aches and pains......this is my first time going through this process and while there are some discomforts it is more about getting to know my body for what it can do without deprivation. There have been times when I double check my recipes because it has me eating so much lol. Here is a sample of my Week 1 supplement and eating schedule 

6:45 AM - Optimize supplement with 20 shakes of mineralize in water
wait 30 min
7:15 -Breakfast - coconut quinoa 
wait at least 2 hours for me it is about 4-5 
12:00 - Take Optimize and 20 shakes of mineralize water
Wait 30 minutes
12:30 - Greek Salad with Greek dressing lentil lime salad 
Wait 2 hours 
4:00 - Alkanize with mineralize water 
4:30 - Quinoa with 1/3 avocado
Wait at least 2 hours 
7:00 - Soothe and Optimize supplement with mineralize water 
7:30 - Vegetable stir fry with peppers, broccoli, zuchinni, carrots with quinoa and cucumber tomato salad

Ultimate Reset D3

Ultimate Reset day 3

Today was pretty uneventful. I wasn't able to sleep well, my son came in our room and he as a cold so that set off the evening cough attack which kept scaring me awake so I was groggy when I woke up this morning, everything was good, I ate my coconut quinoa again because I didn't have the time for the kale to cook and I am not really a veggie in the morning person unless it is to put peppers and onions in my eggs. For lunch I had a microgreen salad with a lentil lime salad and pumpkin seeds which was eh ok......the dressing is what is killing me lol and I had the southwestern tacos again tonight for dinner because I had a double batch of rice and needed to use it. Today was "sushi" day and I am NOT a fan of sushi so I just skipped the meal. You can skip the meal and replace it with another dinner in the week. This is the only one I will be changing up and tomorrows lunch has the sushi in it too so I am having a Greek salad minus the chicken this time with the rest of the lentil lime salad that I had left over.

The supplements are easy to take and really easy to remember so it's not rocket science like some other cleanses that I have seen that have so much going on you just don't know what to do with yourself lol. Here is a picture of what it looks like.

I went out after work to run errands and I felt really tired today. I could barley carry my bag or my son to get out of the rain. He is very old enough to walk but to "hurry" I tried to carry him and it was NOT working. Even though I feel fine at a rested state doing too much makes me feel really fatigued. I guess that was the side effect for the day. The same thing happened when I carried him to school this morning it was the weirdest thing. I was also pretty cranky this afternoon but it was more of my hubbies attitude with me that rubbed me the wrong way more than me feeling cranky. I am just leaving that one alone....not worth it. LOL

Well if you are interested in the reset and need some more information on it you can email me at jeannettealverio(at)yahoo(dot)com and I will be more than willing to answer any of your questions.  I figured I would give you (and myself) some motivational pictures so that you can also see where people ended up at their 21 day mark!

How awesome are those results! Love them!

Reset Day 1 and pictures

I have to admit Day 1 of the Ultimate Reset was scary to me because so many people are having weird symptoms like huge headaches and things like that. Alkanize had gotten a bad wrap and I wasn't to eager to try that out either but hey it was part of the deal. I knew I would be able to deal with it. Anyway I have to say that I am only feeling REALLY exhausted.  I drank almost a gallon of water today which is really new for me but I still have some time to get the whole gallon down....I can totally see myself waking up A LOT tonight ha ha.

I weighed myself this morning.........123.8 I emailed myself the picture but it didn't get here at the writing of this blog post so I will post it tomorrow for you all to see :)

I fixed my breakfast and prepared my lunch last night which was a super smart thing to do because making breakfast took a little bit longer than usual. Good thing tomorrow is oatmeal, I can make that super fast. So let's talk about the good.....


1.) the food was delicious
2.) Everything is already written out for you.
3.) I felt full for most of the day.
4.) I didn't feel deprived.

Don't get me wrong I was tempted to eat everything that wasn't on the meal plan. To be honest todays meals would have been something I would have eaten on a normal day but since it was the only thing that I could have and it was already predetermined for me I struggled with the control part of my life.The bad part of it all.....I feel super tired and I was flighty today at work today and didn't make my lists like I normally do. I think that was a HUGE thing for me because typically I would pick up a 5 hour energy or a Red Bull or to perk up. Now I feel like I KNOW that I can stay awake but how important sleep is. It's only been a day and I am not claiming to know everything about myself but I have a feeling that I know what REAL tired is now that I have actually felt it and not forced some type of every product in my face. I think we as a society are really dependent on them and we really shouldn't be, it's not a good thing but I am not judging of course I only had an energy drink....yesterday lol

Anyway my day went pretty well, I am still a bit scared of what days 2-3 has in store for me and I can say that I am still nervous but I know that it is all for good reason! My health.

Ultimate Reset

Well the time has come and I couldn't be more excited! I am starting the Ultimate Reset with my cousin tomorrow. It's her birthday and she wanted to get into a healthier lifestyle for herself on her 31st! I can say that I am so happy to be doing it with her.

I planned to do the Ultimate Reset when it came out last year but I was moving and didn't think that it would be the best of ideas. When we settled I thought about it again but then the holidays came and then my wallet was recovering. About a month ago it went on sale for 140.00 coach price so I JUMPED on the deal and bought it. My cousin went in with me and we were like better now than never! We set our date for tomorrow and we have been hyping each other up every day texting each other and what not getting ready to go. I did have a massive meal of Chinese food, for the past week I have been self sabotaging myself with eating VERY unhealthy because the "restriction" was coming so I had to "get it out" of my system........needless to say I feel like garbage and am looking forward to this healthy beginning.

I did my measurements and took pictures which I will post tomorrow or something, I do not feel like uploading the pictures tonight but I will account my day to day progress here on the blog for you all to read my "A Day In The Life Of A Resetter" and so that I can come back to this and read my journey.

Many people do this to lose weight and that is seriously NOT what I am doing it for. I love where I am weight wise but it is going to be cool to know that I am going to set my body to a less toxic state and I really want to be able to get rid of my little addictions to things like sugar and caffeine. I also want to know what things my body is not tolerable of such as certain grains and things like that. I know weight loss is going to be a "side effect" of treating my body extremely well but that is not my goal here. I am comfortable in my sz 4 and I like the curves that I have :) Here are my stats.

Mid thigh:    19.25 (L)    19.25(R)
U. Thigh       21.25 (L)     21.5 (R)
Hip                  37
Bellybutton     31
Natural waist  27
Chest              32.5
Arm (L&R)    10


I am guestimating my weight between 121 and 122 that is where I always hang around at, I will try to remember to take a pic of my weight tomorrow and post that as well. :) HERE WE GO!!!!!!

Ultimate Reset

 I am not the biggest fan of this thing called cleansing but I was reading a book called The Beauty Detox Solution and I have also watched Fork Over Knives and these principles have been nagging me since I first saw the movie. I can't really explain it but it makes so much sense. Some of you may think that it's all hogwash and that is totally ok I understand where you are coming from because I was once there. 

 

In the book Kimberly Snyder talks about our body holding onto fat because the body keeps it around to block the organs from the totoxicity that we put into your bodies. She also talks about how we are very similar to monkeys and gorillas which makes sense too and how are bodies and intestines are similar to theirs and they are vegetarian animals which rings off sirens in my head too. I mean what if we were MEANT to be vegetarians! How crazy would that be? I am not totally sold on the book but I have read numerous research articles on the subject and it all makes sense. Think about it.......why do we drink milk? Cows make it for their babies while we make our own milk for our babies so why would we drink cow baby milk? It just makes sense if you REALLY think about it. Anyway.....I have been toying with the idea of doing the Ultimate Reset. It is based off of the principle of transitioning to going vegan and it is a 21 day cleanse. I am even more curious to see how it works now that I am reading this book and recently saw Forks Over Knives......I am not through reading the book but I will post a review on it when I have finished it to let you know. For now, it is a very informational read that has plenty of references for me to check out and do research on my own. 

 

If you are wondering what the Reset is check out below and there is information on the phases and what it is meant to do for your body. I have also attached a small video for you to check out in the mean time.

 

How It Works: The 21-day Reset Occurs in Three Phases.

• Balance Body Chemistry

  Constant consumption of preservatives and chemical-laden foods along with exposure to toxins and pollution impair normal body processes. During Phase 1, you'll balance your body chemistry with four of the six supplements in order to optimize its systems. This will also reduce cravings or dependencies on items such as sugar or caffeine.*
  

• Remove Toxins & Reset Digestion

  In Phase 2, you'll be reversing the effects of poor habits, unhealthy foods, and environmental toxins. You'll modify your diet so that your digestive system won't have to struggle, and digestive problems you may have experienced before such as bloating and indigestion will be significantly reduced as your gasotrointestinal tract is cleansed.*
  

• Rejuvenate Your Health

  When you reach Phase 3, you will experience a profound positive change in your mood and energy level. During the final week, you'll eat foods of high-nutritional value whose nutrients are easily absorbed and return healthy bacteria to your freshly scrubbed digestive tract with pre- and probiotics. This will set you on the path to long-term healthy living.*